San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Police Department in bankrupt Vallejo will pull its officers off public school campuses - where more than 1,600 middle and high school students were suspended or expelled for violence, weapons or drugs last year - and quit providing security at school...
EmailWire.Com (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 29, 2008 ) FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. -- Nov. 29, 2008 -- Bankruptcy Creditors' Service, Inc., published Issue No. 11 of VALLEJO BANKRUPTCY NEWS today. The 6-page newsletter contains stories with these headlines: [00076] VALLEJO'S MOTION TO REJECT CONTRACTS WITH UNIONS [00077]...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
IS VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA’S FISCAL FREEFALL the beginning of a trend? More problems with those underfunded/overgenerous public employee pensions: But the largest share of the blame in Vallejo has centered on public-safety salaries and benefits, which make up about 75 percent of the city’s general fund budget. Base pay for firefighters is more than $80,000 per [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Curtis Chapman Three people were arrested Wednesday in connection with the slaying of 33-year-old Vallejo resident David Joshua Barreda, whose body was found Nov. 26 in the trunk of a car parked on 40th Street. Curtis Chapman, 20, Richard Hundley, 20, and Tammy Turney, 44, all of Sacramento, were all taken into custody on suspicion of murder early Wednesday morning, according to the Sacramento...
Ken Nelson (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Rest in piece public sector union “obligations” I hereby rename Vallejo, CA to “Canaryville, CA, USA” because it’s financial ruin, based largely on public sector unions voting themselves goodies, is going to happen to many many cities in California and the rest of the U.S. Governing.com reports: Vallejo, a city [...]
Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Governing: Vallejo bankruptcy/November 2008 The most effective method of dealing with looming fiscal problems in localities might be for states to shore up provisions for refinancing authorities or municipal assistance agencies — and perhaps build a framework to deal specifically with pension bailouts. Most analysts put state and local unfunded pension obligations in the hundreds of [...]
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... to a city can be both exciting and overwhelming for an individual," said Michelle Vallejo, spokeswoman for the that issued the report. "This survey identifies those factors that help ease the transition for singles, while helping HR professionals better predict the success rates of their employee transfers."The survey was conducted by Washington, D.C.-based Worldwide ERC, an association...
Eater SF (Free subscription) | yesterday
... deli fare (Anyone have any food intel? Testify ). Oh, and the number of fountains? Three. 627 Vallejo Street, off Columbus; website
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the Giants could afford Sabathia, even if he gave them a hometown discount (Sabathia is from Vallejo, Ca., near Oakland). Barry Zito is signed through 2013 at an average of $18 million per season. Sabathia figures to cost at least $22 million per season on a six-year deal.Renteria, 33, also is drawing interest from the Cardinals and Dodgers, prompting one general manager to ask, "Am I missing...
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to a city can be both exciting and overwhelming for an individual," said Michelle Vallejo, spokeswoman for the that issued the report. "This survey identifies those factors that help ease the transition for singles while helping [human resources] professionals better predict the success rates of their employee transfers."The survey was conducted by Washington-based Worldwide ERC, an association...
Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... six other states, Europe and the Far East, participated in the survey. Company President Michelle Vallejo said the rankings are helpful to human-resources professionals as well as to singles.Relocating to a city "can be both exciting and overwhelming," Vallejo said, and HR professionals involved in employee transfers can better predict their success rates based on the rankings. The...
20jazzfunkgreats (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
tags : metaforms, Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, transcendental cosmic disco, artificial intelligence, Hajime Sorayama, Boris Vallejo, Nam June Paik, Dan Flavin, “rock n’ roll people in a disco world” fluorescents, neon signs, culture jamming, hactivism, convergent technologies, nostalgic computer animation, Neuromancer’s, retro-futurists, -ism’s, electronic civil disobedience, erratic consistency,...
The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Residential real estate, that depreciating consumption expense long crazily touted as an investment, is gradually returning to reality, though, thanks to all the federal price supports, it has some way to go. In the San Franciso Bay Area, the newspapers are shocked at houses for sale at less than $100,000. In San Pablo, a house that went for $440,000 in 2006 can be had for $95,000. In Vallejo,...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Wed Nov 18 Las Vegas to NapaFlight from Vegas to SFOBART from SFO to Embarcadero StationCab from Embarcadero Station to The Gap office where Nancy's cousin Robin calls the shotsVery brisk walk carrying two heavy suitcases from The Gap to the ferryFerry from San Francisco to VallejoCar from Vallejo to NapaThat was our day.We spent the night with Aunt Mimi in her luxury retirement facility....
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
His team waxed Bethel High School of Vallejo 64-22, yet Norm Ryan was more grump than giddy Friday. Yes, call the Casa Roble football coach a perfectionist, but then again, look at what he is working with. A team that's been a picture of perfection this season. The Rams are 11-0 after their Sac-Joaquin Section Division III first-round playoff win and looking the part of the favorite in the...
